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kind hostess afforded the gratifying i ptelligenqe ,. that tp the last moment , of existence the degartrog saint preserved his faith and patience without wavering . ** You desire to be made
acquainted , sl > e says , u with the minutest details of the life and death © f this excellent young aaan - I * yjll endeavour tp give * you all possible sa ^ ti&factioo . ; but you \ vill suffer me tQ
omit the recital of those agonizing pains which for * the last three months I saw him endure . Soon after his arrival here , his disorder took an alarming appearance 5 and although he then-became , convinced that his
malady was incurable , that conviction had bo power to shake the . firmness of his soul ; his . cheerfulness was unabated , and the benevolent sweetness of Ms manners continued till he drew his last breath . When on his
deathbed , he used to request the students , on their visiting him , to unite with him in the prayet-s addressed to the Almighty by the minister wiiosepious offices he had desired , arid on these occasion * he edified all around Mm
by his patience awd resignation . The sufferings he endured in his throaty the last two , days , presented the usual distinctness of his speech ; . but all that I could gather from his lips through * out those trying moments , were words of true submission to the cjecfees of Pravideuce , and of consolation for us , consolation whicJb he entreated us
likewise to impart to his father and his other , good friends in England . With undimittished fortitude , he expressed his last washes respecting the rewards to be given in his name to
his attendants ; then informed us in what way he desired to have his funeral conducted ; dictated an inscripr tron for his tiomb , and then expired f Mr . Goodier ' s remains were
interred in a decent manner , and ail the ministers of the . place , and the professors and students of the college , as well as the English who were at Montauba $ ) , attended the funeral . 44 How mysterious arc the
dispensations , plf Pnov 4 iien . ee ' - \ V we exclaim , on hearibg of a life of such fair prowise thus earlv terminated . But the gloomy ' my stery- brightens into an evidence of divine wisdom , if we reflect on the happ y influence that may
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Memoir of the jRep . lBenjjamin Goodier . 145
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be produced on the witnesses of such 9- holy death . This youthful Christian , brief as his existence had been , ha 4 sojourned long enough on earth to shew vs h ^ w to use the precious gift of life y and it was the will of the
Almighty also to make him a bright example at that trying hour wSfa life must be resigned . We learn ^ heart-improving lesson when we compare the death of the aged saint , calmly and thankfully surrendering his being into the liands of Him who gave it *
with that of the ungodly man appalled at the fatal moment , though cloyed even to loathing with the unhallowed pleasures of th& world ; yet the scene we are now contemplating is abundantly more animating and instructive . The Christian far advanced ifi
years , wearied with the many struggles he has sustained , and aware that the failing ' of'nature ' s powers is fast depriving hinci of liis wonted enjoyments , is ready to ask of his Creator the repose of the grave ; but when he who has just entered his joyful career of usefulness , warrri with hopes as yet
unchecked by disappointment , relinquishes without a miirn ^ ur all t ^ e years of pleasure that imagination l ^ td promised , Ipoking forward fb that more joyful period when the oblivion of the tomb shall be exchanged For life . ancl ijnmortality- —then , ^ an < J then only is displayed the full triumph of Christian faith . Let not , therefore ,
the sorrowing friends of this follower of his blessed Saviour continue to sully his memory with repining tears ; but , animated with his spirit , piously exclaim , — " The Lord gave , and the Lord taketh away ; blessed be the name of the Lard r
A . M . [ Mr . Goodier contributed to this work the Intelligence relating- to the
establishment of Unitaiianism at Oldhann , t 4 ancashiie , VIII . 6 £ ^ 'Vnd ' XI . 121 ; the Review of Ashworth * s Unitarianism at Rochdale , XIII . 270 yt the Review of Considerations sur la JDivinite de J > esus"Christ , XIII . & 94 3 and the Specimens of Currants
Eloq . weoce , XIII . 543 . By an wpcictcat , tbe laat couiriiMnication ^ lid not appear lj }\ after his decease , and was iii&eited in the same Kiwher that contained hjjs Obituary . He was atso the contributor of some excellent papers , signed B . G . in The Christiari Reformer . Ep . ]
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1819, page 145, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1770/page/9/
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